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Re: Group Poem XVI
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:38 am
by Audiendus
I have modified line 15 so as to preserve the rhyme scheme.
THE CAMERA
Technology has made us all blasé
About the nature of photography
The old flash powder, plate and darkroom tray
Are now the bric-à-brac of memory
Then film came next along the trek
Pushed the most by Eastman Kodak
Dont le film made the rest a wreck
And polychrome trumped white-and-black.
That magic box of wood or Bakelite
Could capture our best moments contre-jour
But lacked a meter to decide how bright
The light should be to make the image sure
These days no add-on is de trop
Cases, lenses—on and on
But cellphones now replace them, so
The need for accessoires is gone.
Re: Group Poem XVI
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:10 pm
by saparris
THE CAMERA
Technology has made us all blasé
About the nature of photography
The old flash powder, plate and darkroom tray
Are now the bric-à-brac of memory
Then film came next along the trek
Pushed the most by Eastman Kodak
Dont le film made the rest a wreck
And polychrome trumped white-and-black.
That magic box of wood or Bakelite
Could capture our best moments contre-jour
But lacked a meter to decide how bright
The light should be to make the image sure
These days no add-on is de trop
Cases, lenses—on and on
But cellphones now replace them, so
The need for accessoires is gone
The camera's now ubiquitous, it seems
Re: Group Poem XVI
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:50 am
by Audiendus
THE CAMERA
Technology has made us all blasé
About the nature of photography
The old flash powder, plate and darkroom tray
Are now the bric-à-brac of memory
Then film came next along the trek
Pushed the most by Eastman Kodak
Dont le film made the rest a wreck
And polychrome trumped white-and-black.
That magic box of wood or Bakelite
Could capture our best moments contre-jour
But lacked a meter to decide how bright
The light should be to make the image sure
These days no add-on is de trop
Cases, lenses—on and on
But cellphones now replace them, so
The need for accessoires is gone
The camera's now ubiquitous, it seems
And cheap prosaic images abound
Re: Group Poem XVI
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:33 am
by saparris
THE CAMERA
Technology has made us all blasé
About the nature of photography
The old flash powder, plate and darkroom tray
Are now the bric-à-brac of memory
Then film came next along the trek
Pushed the most by Eastman Kodak
Dont le film made the rest a wreck
And polychrome trumped white-and-black.
That magic box of wood or Bakelite
Could capture our best moments contre-jour
But lacked a meter to decide how bright
The light should be to make the image sure
These days no add-on is de trop
Cases, lenses—on and on
But cellphones now replace them, so
The need for accessoires is gone
The camera's now ubiquitous, it seems
And cheap prosaic images abound
Adieu to savoir-vivre and all it means
Re: Group Poem XVI
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:22 pm
by Audiendus
THE CAMERA
Technology has made us all blasé
About the nature of photography
The old flash powder, plate and darkroom tray
Are now the bric-à-brac of memory
Then film came next along the trek
Pushed the most by Eastman Kodak
Dont le film made the rest a wreck
And polychrome trumped white-and-black.
That magic box of wood or Bakelite
Could capture our best moments contre-jour
But lacked a meter to decide how bright
The light should be to make the image sure
These days no add-on is de trop
Cases, lenses—on and on
But cellphones now replace them, so
The need for accessoires is gone
The camera's now ubiquitous, it seems
And cheap prosaic images abound
Adieu to savoir-vivre and all it means
For Time's great spool can never be rewound.
THE END
Re: Group Poem XVI
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:57 pm
by LukeJavan8
BRAVO, BRAVO, WELL DONE
Re: Group Poem XVI
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:25 pm
by saparris
Thanks. We should all get together for a group photo!
Re: Group Poem XVI
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:58 pm
by LukeJavan8
You and Audiendus sitting on thrones.
Me on the ground in front bowing, and the others
standing behind with laurel wreathes on their heads.